The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-02
BOHEMIAN, M. T, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 1887
The National Park.

Captain Moses Harris, of the FRS
Cavalry, acting superintendent of tn,
National Park, to the Secretary of til,
Interior, has just been published.
Among the past winters o%ccurances i,
noted the failure of Lieutenant Sthwat
ka's expedition in December and the
success of Professor Haynes in accom-.
plishing the feat.
The stage robbery that occurred the
night of July 4th is mentioned briefly.
The volume of travel to the Park the
present session has to the present date
fallen somewhat short oftllat oflast year
for the same period. This may probably
be attributed in great measure to the eff
feet of recent legislation with reference
to railroad transportation, rather than to
any loss of interest in the wonderland
of the world by the people,"
Captain Harris say ]. w. Ponsford and
j.. l., Sanborn, who operate the toll
bridge across the Yellowstone river in
the Park, known as "Barronett's Bridge"
are trespassers. The action of the de
partment is urged to effect n settlement
of this bridge matter. A statement of
tie fact that free travel through the Ma.
tional Park, the pleasure ground of the
people, is INSTRUCTED by n toll bridge,
whether by authority or otherwise,
should be sufficient of cause Il remedy
to be at once applied.
J.C. McCarteney has se reral buildings
including a saloon, within the northern
limits of the Park but as he is close to
the line and the boundaries have never
been so surveyed as to accurately define
them, Mr.. Mccartney claims he is out
side the Park limits and holds his pos
sessions on account of its uncertainty of
dividing lines. Pending the definite es-
adjustment of the boundary the depart
ment has ordered the superintendent to
let Mr. Mccartney remain where he is
unmolested,
The hotel accommodations are spoken
of as adequate to all demands and the
services uniformly excellent. The trans
portation service is likewise denominat-
ed both efficient and excellent.
There are about III miles of wagon
roads in the Park, of which abo0 A
miles were constructed by the govern
ment engineers and are Is feet wide, well
graded and drained.
The report endorses that Captain Sears,
the government engineer, for the next
fiscal year for the continuation of road
work in the Park. Captain Harris says:
"This National Park having been, in
tho words of the statute, reserved and
withdrawn from settlement, occupancy
or sale under the laws of the United
States, and dedicated and set apart as a
public park or %pleasuring ground for the
benefit of the people, has become a ma.
tional trust; and it would seem that the
policy which refuses, by a proper appro-
priation, to open, and render accessible
this wonderland is opposed to the senti-
ment which created the Park and I'M
worthy a great nation, whose treasury
overfows with accumulated wealth."
As to the game the report states that
there are several thousand elk in the
Park every winter and a small number
of buffalo-the latter not exceeding 100
head. There are large numbers of an
game. They are well protected and
there are few cases of the illegal killing
of game.
The following recommendations for
appropriations for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1888. Close the report.
For construction of roads and bridges -slD,ON
For care and preservation ofthe Park 5000
For settlement of Barronette bridge
claim or part Thereof ............... 1000
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